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CEE 370 Environmental Engineering Principles

Lecture #34

Solid Waste II: Landfills

Reading: Mihelcic & Zimmerman, Chapt 10

Reading: Davis & Cornwall, Chapt 9-4 to 9-6 Reading: Davis & Masten, Chapter 13-7

Updated: 6 December 2019

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Landfilling

 The legal and controlled placement of wastes in the

ground

 Dumping is illegal or uncontrolled  Material undergoes chemical and biological changes  Water is present which promotes biodegradation

and carries away dissolved substances: Leachate

 Leachate collection and recirculation

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Leachate Characteristics

Constituent

• Conc. Range,

mg/L BOD5 9-55,000 COD 0-90,000 Total solids 6-45,000 TDS 0-42,000 TSS 6-2,700 Chloride 34-2,800 TKN 0-1,400 Sulfate 1-1,800 Phosphate 0-154 Lead 0-5 Copper 0-10 pH 3.7-8.5

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Leachate Recycle

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leachate recirculation in municipal solid waste landfills as an effective way to enhance microbial decomposition of biodegradable solid waste.

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With leachate recirculation, a landfill can

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be used as a relatively controlled anaerobic filter to treat leachate

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provide accelerated waste stabilization, and

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reduce the volume of leachate by maximizing evaporative losses during recirculation

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In order to maximize waste stabilization, leachate recirculation frequency must be carefully selected.

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If too much leachate is recirculated, problems such as saturation, ponding, and acidic conditions may occur.

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Leachate should be introduced slowly, since high flow rates may deplete buffering capacity and remove methanogens, increasing the flow rates and frequency of recirculation as gas production is established. Waste decomposition can be improved by an increase in the moisture flow, as a result of increased flushing and dilution

• f the inhibitory products.

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Leachate Treatment

 A typical leachate treatment plant uses equalization,

• xidation/reduction,

precipitation/flocculation/sedimentation, neutralization, granular media filtration

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Siting Restrictions

The landfill disposal regulations provide the following restrictions on landfill location:

• Prohibit the placement of a landfill facility near an airport because of dangers

from scavenging birds.

• Require the landfill to be located outside the 100 year floodplain or the landfill

design must prevent the washout of solid waste during a 100 year flood.

• Prohibit the placement of a new landfill or expansion of an existing landfill

into or on a wetland.

• Prohibit the placement of a landfill within 200 feet of an earthquake fault.
• Prohibit the placement of a landfill in an area with a high probability of a

strong earthquake.

• Prohibit the placement of a landfill in an area with unstable soil.
• Require existing landfills which cannot meet the airport, floodplain, or

unstable area requirements above, to close within five years. The state may grant a maximum of a two year extension.

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Operational Requirements

 Exclusion of hazardous waste from the landfill.  Provide at least six inches of daily soil cover over new solid waste

placed in the landfill.

 Control disease vectors such as rodents and insects.  Monitor methane concentrations in the landfill and buildings.

(Methane is explosive when combined with the oxygen in air.)

 Elimination of most open burning.  Control public access.  Construct run-on and run-off controls for water.  Meet water quality discharge requirements (NPDES) to surface

water.

 Prohibit all liquid wastes except small quantities of household liquid

wastes.

 Maintain records indicating compliance.

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Design Requirements

 Synthetic membrane liner at least 30

mils thick

 1 mil is 0.001 inches

 Soil liner at least 2 ft. thick  Hydraulic conductivity no more than

10-7 cm/s

 Other state-approved designs

possible

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Solid Waste Disposal

 Sources  Disposal Regulations  Recycling  Composting  Collection  Processing  Landfilling  Incineration

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Landfilling: Area Method

 SW placed on surface, compacted

F Si & Si 1996

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Trench Method

 Trench is excavated, SW placed in, and

compacted

From Sincero & Sincero, 1996

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Leachate Composition

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Landfill Gas

 Not pure methane

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From Davis & Cornwell, 1991

Landfill siting

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